BioSante Pill-Plus improves sexual desire, arousal

20 March 2012

US drug developer BioSante Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: BPAX) says that data from studies of the Pill-Plus triple component oral contraceptive have been presented by partner Pantarhei Bioscience at the World Congress of Gynecological Endocrinology in Florence, Italy.

The US patents for oral use of the Pill-Plus were, in 2007, licensed by BioSante to Pantarhei Bioscience, a privately-held Netherlands-based pharmaceutical company, for development and marketing in the USA. BioSante retains rights to the Pill-Plus for transdermal development and marketing.

To date, six prospective, randomized controlled (placebo or active) Phase II clinical studies of the Pill-Plus have been completed in 355 subjects. In these studies, use of the Pill-Plus has been shown to increase frequency of sexual activity, arousal, responsiveness to partner, genital sensations and vaginal lubrication. In addition, improvements were seen in quality of life scores. No significant androgenic effects were noted.

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